Penderecki: String Quartets; Clarinet Quartet; String Trio / Bokun, Meccore String Quartet

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Label
Capriccio
Release Date
May 5, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Krzysztof Penderecki
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Meccore String Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      Jan Jakub Bokun
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 05, 2023
    • UPC
      845221054933
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      C5493
    • LABEL
      Capriccio
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. Der unterbrochene Gedanke (The Interrupted Thought)

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Meccore String Quartet

    2. I. Notturno: Adagio

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Performer: Jan Jakub Bokun, Wojciech Koprowski, Michał Bryła, Marcin Mączyński

    3. II. Scherzo: Vivacissimo

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Performer: Jan Jakub Bokun, Wojciech Koprowski, Michał Bryła, Marcin Mączyński

    4. III. Serenade: Tempo di Valse

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Performer: Jan Jakub Bokun, Wojciech Koprowski, Michał Bryła, Marcin Mączyński

    5. IV. Abschied: Larghetto

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Performer: Jan Jakub Bokun, Wojciech Koprowski, Michał Bryła, Marcin Mączyński

    6. String Quartet No. 1

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Meccore String Quartet

    7. String Quartet No. 3, "Leaves from an Unwritten Diary"

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Meccore String Quartet

    8. String Quartet No. 2

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Meccore String Quartet

    9. I. Andante

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Meccore String Quartet

    10. II. Vivo

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Ensemble: Meccore String Quartet

    11. I. Allegro molto

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Performer: Wojciech Koprowski, Michał Bryła, Marcin Mączyński

    12. II. Vivace

      Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

      Performer: Wojciech Koprowski, Michał Bryła, Marcin Mączyński


Krzysztof Penderecki’s works for (string) quartet neatly encapsulate the stylistic breadth and trace the development of Poland’s most important modern composer throughout his six-decade-long career. From the avantgarde rhythmical study that is Quartet No.1, via an ode to Webern, to the neo-romantic elder Penderecki’s Schubertian Clarinet Quartet, this collection covers all his chamber music for three and four strings, even the early neo-baroque outlier of his Three Pieces adapted from his film music for the steamy 1964 movie, The Saragossa Manuscript.

REVIEW:

From wild child of the experimental avant-garde to luscious neo-Romantic, Krzysztof Penderecki had an unusually profound stylistic transformation across his career. When his string quartets neatly encapsulate that trajectory, written as they were between 1960 and 2016, it’s no mean feat to pull off the entire cycle in consistently convincing and compelling fashion. Yet, that is what the Meccore Quartet has done here.

-- The Strad